Pirottaea

Pirottaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Dermateaceae
Genus:	Pirottaea Sacc.
Type species
Pirottaea veneta Sacc. & Speg.
Synonyms
EchinellaMassee PloettnerulaW.Kirschstein, 1924

Pirottaea is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae. ^[1] The genus contained 26 species in 2009. ^[2] It went up to about 48 species later. ^[3]

The genus name of Pirottaea is in honour of Pietro Romualdo Pirotta (1853–1936), who was an Italian professor of botany. He was made Knight of the Crown of Italy. ^[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Michelia vl.1 (Issue 4) on page 424 in 1878.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum; ^[3]

• Pirottaea absinthiicola Nannf.
• Pirottaea aconiti Petr.
• Pirottaea adenostylidis Nannf.
• Pirottaea astragali Nannf.
• Pirottaea aterrima (Lasch) Sacc.
• Pirottaea atrofusca Chleb. & Chlebická
• Pirottaea bavarica Kirschst.
• Pirottaea bresadolae Sacc.
• Pirottaea brevipila (Roberge ex Desm.) J.Schröt.
• Pirottaea bromeliacearum Rick
• Pirottaea caesiella (Bres.) Nannf.
• Pirottaea corvina (Pers.) Sacc.
• Pirottaea dubia Ade
• Pirottaea exilispora Graddon
• Pirottaea falcata P.R.Johnst.
• Pirottaea fraxini Velen.
• Pirottaea frondicola (Ellis & Everh.) Sacc.
• Pirottaea gallica Sacc.
• Pirottaea geraniicola Nannf.
• Pirottaea glaucoviridis Vaček
• Pirottaea helvetica Arx
• Pirottaea hydrangeae (Schwein.) Sacc.
• Pirottaea imbricata Nannf.
• Pirottaea inopinata Nannf.
• Pirottaea intercedens Nannf.
• Pirottaea lamii Nannf.
• Pirottaea longipila Feltgen
• Pirottaea lychnidis (Desm. ex Sacc.) Chlebická
• Pirottaea malvae (Fautrey) Nannf.
• Pirottaea microspora Sacc., E.Bommer & M.Rousseau
• Pirottaea mimatensis Pass. & Roum.
• Pirottaea nigrostriata Graddon
• Pirottaea paupercula Nannf.
• Pirottaea persica Petr.
• Pirottaea pilosissima Nannf.
• Pirottaea plantaginis Graddon
• Pirottaea saxonica Nannf.
• Pirottaea scabiosicola Petr.
• Pirottaea scruposa Velen.
• Pirottaea senecionis (Cooke & W.Phillips) Nannf.
• Pirottaea strigosa (P.Karst.) Sacc.
• Pirottaea symphyti Nannf.
• Pirottaea tentaculata (Wallr.) Sacc.
• Pirottaea trichostoma (Kirschst.) E.Müll. & Arx
• Pirottaea uliginosa P.Karst.
• Pirottaea veneta Sacc. & Speg.
• Pirottaea versicolor Penz. & Sacc.
• Pirottaea yakutatiana Sacc.

See also

• List of Dermateaceae genera

References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p.  539. ISBN   0-85199-826-7.
3. "Pirottaea - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.